Biographical entry Parnell, Thomas (1881 - 1948)

Summary

Thomas Parnell was Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland from 1919 to 1948.

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Events

1903

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at St John's College, Cambridge, UK

1904 - 1911

Career position - Tutor at Trinity College, University of Melbourne

1911 - 1918

Career position - Lecturer in Physics at the University of Queensland

1917 - 1919

Career position - War service with the Australian Imperial Force

1919 - 1948

Career position - Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland

Published resources

Books

• Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940, University of Queensland Library, St Lucia, 1987, 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Home, R. W., 'Parnell, Thomas (1881-1948), Physicist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 15, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2000, pp. 570-571. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150663b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Parnell, Thomas', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001777p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Parnell, Thomas', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463605. Details